Musings Of The Maffia: Single Parenthood…

Today is my first day back at work. It’s 9:19am and I haven’t had a drink. Yet. I think I am getting good at this adulting game.Probably not

Today, I have a question ask. Do you guys think it is advisable for a woman to get pregnant and raise the child alone? We now live in a modern world where women can do whatever they want, I’m all for that but going out of your way to become a single mother? Sigh…

I read somewhere that children and not a husband or partner are the true , long term companions of women. Is that true? What about these two? How did they do it?

It has been bugging me a lot lately. When my grandma came to visit, that’s all she talked about. Me getting a kid, not finding a husband and building a family. I don’t blame her though, she is a Congolese woman and that’s the norm in Congo, kids at the age of 15 are already mothers. I don’t see myself being a single mom(except my husband dies young or something), I am a product of a single mother who I thank God for everyday, but I’m also aware that it would have been awesome to have a present dad, i started out with one, so I know I would have loved to have him for the long ride(RIP Papa)

But what do you guys think? If you feel that you might be getting old with no prospect of a partner, would you go get pregnant and raise a baby?

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P.S I took pictures today

I’m such a terrible poser

UPDATE: I have had two glasses of white wine. lol

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2 thoughts on “Musings Of The Maffia: Single Parenthood…”

I’ve always felt the same way; that children are the real companions of a lady and not the husband or partner. I have seen this happen with a lot of couples and I know my mum paid more attention to my younger sister and I than she did my dad.

About single parenthood, I know there are a lot of advocates for this train of thought. I have a certain mindset in relation to this so let’s just say I’m a little biased: I believe that there needs to be a balance, I believe that even if a woman chooses to be a single mother, she needs to have a support group. A strong one at that and there needs to be a male figure in her life that can stand in as a sort of father figure for her child/ren.

It isn’t easy raising a child even as a couple not to talk of doing it alone. Such a person needs to be given cudos though, especially if they are truly aware of what they are getting into and choose to take the plunge nonetheless.